The Last Knit and Addiction

This short animation was recently featured on YouTube. It is quite nicely done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ZjMWLqJvM

I think this animation has a strong message about addiction. At first you say "I can stop whenever I want" (ie. when she first reached for the scissors but chose not to). However, as the addiction gains power and momentum, it becomes harder to control. If you are lucky, the type of addiction you have is harmless. Other types of addiction are not so forgiving and ultimately may put your life in danger. Then when you want to stop, it takes nothing short of a Herculean effort.

Mindstorms - Lego Programming

I will attempt to define coolness using a mathematical equation:

add [one kid]
plus [some Lego blocks]
plus [microsoft .net]
plus [infrared data transfer/USB cable]
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equals [coolest kid on the block]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/lego/lego_intro/default.aspx

Apparantly you can apply your programming skills while you are playing with your lego building blocks (or is it the other way around?)

Mind Your Table Manners

Here is a short quiz on table manners of different countries.

http://www.fekids.com/img/kln/flash/DontGrossOutTheWorld.swf

YOU are expected to get at least one correct.

I can't believe I had to guess the Canadian question.

Upside Down

Question. You find out that your neighbour is stealing your wireless internet. What do you do?

First of all, what the heck are you doing with an unsecured wireless network? Learn to secure your wireless network. Read your user manual or go ask someone who knows.

Assuming that you do know how secure a network but you are just sharing your bandwidth wealth, then you might know how to mess around with your neighbour's internet connection by turning it upside (see link below):

http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html

Actually I have no idea if it really works or not. Interesting though...

Nonetheless, I think it is probably illegal for your neighbour to be hopping onto your network because you are breaching your contract. There is probably something in your service agreement with your Internet Service Provider that says you should not be sharing your internet connection with others. Your neighbour should be paying for his/her internet anyways; as if your internet connection cannot be fast enough.